Google Goes To Congress Via China

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Lots of screaming, hair pulling, and gnashing of teeth over Google and the censored version it will be rolling out in China. Sites are pulling Adsense and taking principaled stands all over the blogosphere. Amazing how Google has gone from a hero one day for refusing to turn over search data to the government, to a complete villian for its approach to China.

Speaking of the governemnt, it looks like Google will be called before Congress on the China issue(Microsoft, Yahoo, and Cisco will also be called) and this will be interesting to watch. You remember Congress, don't you? It's that place where we extend MFN trading status to China and other places where we need their stuff because its cheaper than we can make it here.

As to all of those doing the wailing, teeth gnashing, and proclaiming that Google is now evil and this must be stopped from behind their keyboards, monitors, computers, all made in China, I'm wondering if they are willing to turn off or send back all of those gadgets they are using that are made wholly or in part in China?

I'm just asking.